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chou

cabbage

noun SHOO Less Common

Also means

darling (term of endearment)

Usage Note

chou has an irregular plural choux, the same spelling as the pastry — choux à la crème (cream puffs). As a term of endearment, mon chou or mon petit chou is roughly equivalent to 'sweetheart'. The adjective chouette (great, cool) is colloquially related.

Examples

"Elle prépare une soupe au chou."

Natural Translation

She is making a cabbage soup.

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